Err... They're Not Quite Dead, Yet.

Has anybody seen or heard from Rush Limbaugh lately?

OK, I know he's still spewing his nonsensical hot air on his own radio broadcast, but I don't listen to him-- at least not if I can help it. In fact, the topic of todays post is the last time I was forced to listen to the blimp.

You see, one of the minor drawbacks of not paying for a parking pass on campus (serious, I'm not paying $70 to maybe get a parking spot) and riding the shuttle bus from the mall, is that you're at the will of the bus driver on what god-forsaken Omaha radio station you have the displeasure of listening to. So as it was about six months ago, I was tortured with the moronic wonder that is Rush.

Rush was telling the world... that is, the Republican World... that the Democrats were "a dead party", that this nation (under God) was quickly appraoching one-party status.

You counted your chickens before they hatched, didn't you, fat boy? Go take a look at Congress, buddy. Then roll yourself next door to the Senate. There are a lot of blue chairs over there-- in fact... more blue chairs than red chairs. I guess the funeral plans for the Democratic party were a little premature.

Of course, Rush can always play him drug addiction for the dilusions.

Then again, a Republican friend of mine was recently quoted as saying he's glad the Democrats control the government, because now he can have a turn bitching a moaning.

Oh, really?

Let me clue you in on something. You and your Republican comaraderie have run this country into the ground for the last eight years. We're lucky we're not Enron, right now. You guys screwed up, and the American people finally called you on it. You have no reason to bitch and moan. Take it like a man.

Then again, I'm a little concerned about the Democrats controlling to Legislative Branch. Not really that I think they will do something horribly wrong. More that they will upset a few select people and we'll be back to the Elephants.

It's a part of government that I think the United States has wrong, and the Canadians have right-- and it's an easy fix. The two-party system in America sucks. There are no options. Just like driving on the interstates, I'd like to have options. Don't give me idiots or morons... give me idiots, morons, and maniacs. Right now the Republicans are in their war room, plotting the demise of the Democratic-- only because it means they will regain control when it happens.

You don't have this in Canada. Why not? Because you the Canadian people have options. There are five major politicial parties (or caucuses) in Canada: Conservative, Liberal, Progressive, New Democrat, and Bloc Quebecois-- I was going to say six, but the Canadian Alliance has pretty much died since I lived up north. And of course there are several minor parties, which really don't need exploring at this juncture.

But you get the point, right? Bloc Quebecois-- who were a dying breed in the late 90s and early this century can't wait for the Liberals to screw up-- because the seats in Parliament are likely to be split among the other four parties. What it means for the Canadian Government is that non-partisanship is necessity. You have to be able to work with the other parties, or nothing will get done.

For this very simple reason, I voted for Ralph Nader in the last Presidential Election. Did I think he was going to be a great president? Hell no. But let's face it, living in Nebraska, a vote for Kerry was a wasted vote-- there was no way Bush was going to lose this Republican Wasteland. So, the only hope for me to voice my displeasure with our leaders was to vote for Nader, and hope that he got the 5% of the popular vote which would have qualified the Green Party for national funding, and thus brought a third legitimate option to the table.

Maybe next time I'll just write in Stockwell Day.

Seriously, the only voting process sadder than the current American situation, was the class president elections when I was in high school. I kid you not about this, my senior year, a write-in candidate won the vote.

That candidate was Mickey Mouse.